The bill would allow a judge to deny bail to violent criminals who are charged with a felony while on probation.

A similar bill is working its way through the state senate.

Widman was shot and killed while trying to break up a domestic dispute that had spilled out of a club and onto a Fort Myers street on July 18, 2008.

Abel Arango, a convicted felon, shot Widman before being chased down and killed in a shootout with other officers.

Arango was arrested in 1998 for burglary, grand theft and robbery with a deadly weapon.

After spending five years in prison, he was released on probation in 2004.

In 2008, he was arrested for selling cocaine, but was released the next day.

On May 29, 2008, a warrant was issued for his arrest for violation of probation, but he was already out of jail and couldn't be found.

"It is my belief that the tragic shooting of Officer Andrew Widman on July 18, 2008 could have been prevented had his killer been held without bond when he was arrested in May of 2008," Police Chief Doug Baker said in a statement released about the consideration of the Widman Act.